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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



hostilities with honor and distinction, 

 his promotion coming in realization ot 

 meritorious conduct on the lield of bat- 

 tle. He was several times wounded, and 

 on one occasion it was thought that he 

 would lose an arm because of injuries. 

 Following the cessation of hostilities 

 he was appointed revenue collector and 

 health oflicer of Philadelphia, filling 

 these positions for a number of years. He 

 was aLso appointed pension agent at Phila- 

 delphia by appointment of the president, 

 and he occupied many positions of of- 

 ficial preferment, discharging the duties 

 •of all in a most creditable and honorable 

 manner. His last position was that of 

 pension attorney, in which capacity he 

 was serving at the time of his death, 

 which occurred April 17, T§S9, when he 

 was seventy-two years of age.^iJI^e wjis 

 a consistent and worthy member of the 

 Presbyterian church, taking a most ac- 

 tive and helpful part in its work and con- 

 tributing generously to its support. 

 Broad-minded, liberal and charitable. 

 Tie was ever found fearless in conduct, 

 lionorable in action and stainless in 

 reputation. As the years have passed 

 he had made investment in different 

 public enterprises, becoming a stock- 

 holder in some paying business con- 

 cerns. He was president and one of the 

 promoters of the Newtown railroad. His 

 military service and the influential po- 

 sition he occupied in political circles of 

 Pennsylvania won him national fame. 

 His wife died prior to his demise, pass- 

 ing away at the age of sixty-two years. 

 They were the parents of five children, 

 all of whom are living: Howard V., who 

 entered the pension office during his 

 father's service and yet holds a position 

 in that department in Washington, D. 

 C. ; Ellen, the wife of A. T. Miller: 

 Charles A., who is a pension attorney 

 in Washington, D. C. : William V., a 

 pension attorney in Philadelphia: and 

 Horatio, who is a major in the United 

 States army in the Philippines. All are 

 married, and this circle constitutes an 

 interesting family. 



Mr. and Mrs. Miller have become the 

 parents of three children: Randolph H., 

 a structural engineer, who married Miss 

 Catherine Darrah: Clarence, who is 

 foreman for the Kittarlinus Lithograph- 

 ic Company of Philadelphia, and mar- 

 ried Miss Helen Warner: and Augus- 

 ^ tus J., an architect of Philadelphia. The 

 p.^arents and their children are mem- 

 ijers ^ of the Presbyterian church. Politi- 

 cally -Mr. Miller is a Republican where 

 national ' issues are involved, but at local 

 elections i:'s independent, casting his bal- 

 lot for meii ''and measures rather than 

 for party. He is active in the church 

 work, serving as superintendent of the 

 Sunday school at v 'Harrington. He has 

 also been connected w.^Vh several federal 

 organizations, but has n q.^ withdrawn 

 ironi these and his time ^nd energies 



are devoted in more undivided manner 

 to his business affairs, which, capably 

 conducted, are bringing him desn'able 

 success. 



B. FRANK COPE. Among the active 

 and efficient business men of Lower 

 Buckingham is B. Frank Cope, for many 

 years a director and superintendent of 

 the Forest Grove Creamery. Mr. Cope 

 was born in Doylestown township, 

 Bucks county, August 14, 1859, and is a 

 son of Amandus F. and Anna Elizabeth 

 (Funk) Cope. His father, who is a son 

 of Franklin S. and Magdalena (Urfer) 

 Cope, was born near Pennsburg, Mont- 

 gomery county, Pennsylvania, and soon 

 after his marriage purchased a farm in 

 Doylestown township, where he resid- 

 ed until 1870, when he removed to Mont- 

 gomery county, near Bryn Mawr. He 

 was a farmer during his active life, but 

 now resides with a daughter at Atlantic 

 City, New Jersey. 



The subject of this sketch was born 

 and reared on the farm, and received 

 a good education at the schools of 

 Doylestown township and Bryn Mawr. 

 At the age of twenty-one he accepted a 

 position as assistant in the Pine Run 

 creamery, Doylestown township. On 

 June 4, 1882, he took charge of the For- 

 est Grove creamery, and was superin- 

 tendent and salesman, as well as a mem- 

 ber of the board of directors, for many- 

 years, and giving entire satisfaction to 

 the patrons and stockholders. ]\Ir. Cope 

 was for many years an ardent Democrat 

 and took an active part in the councils 

 of his party. He was the party nominee 

 for director of the poor in 1898, and re- 

 ceived the highest vote of any on the 

 ticket, running far ahead of other can- 

 didates in his home township. In 1902 

 he was nominated for the assembly, but 

 a fusion was later effected by the local 

 leaders, and he was forced off the ticket. 

 He is a member of Doylestown Lodge, 

 No. 245. F. and A. M.; Warrington 

 Lodge, No. 447, L O. O. F., of which 

 he has been secretary and representa- 

 tive for ten years; Neshaminy Castle, 

 No. 139, K. G. E.; and Paunacussing 

 Lodge. No. 221, K. of P. In the spring 

 of 1004 he purchased a farm in Lower 

 Buckingham, upon which he now re- 

 sides. He was married, in 1883. to Rose 

 Ella Barton, daughter of Joel and 

 Phoebe (Carver) Barton, of Solebury. 

 Her parents now reside in Warwick 

 township. Mr. and Mrs. Cope have been 

 the parents of four children: Linford 

 W., deceased; Edmund B.; Anna E., de- 

 ceased; and Harman Yerkes. 



The brothers and sisters of Mr. Cope 

 are as follows: Mary J., widow of Sam- 

 uel Eckstein, of Philadelphia; Samuel 

 E., of Telford. Pennsylvania; Edward- 

 ine, wife of Harry L. Riley, of Atlantic 

 City; Clinton B., of Buckingham; James 



